Local benefit of pensions echoed in counterfeit travel tale
The Washington National Tribune cites a $10 counterfeit found by A W Blackburn of Fostoria Ohio showing how small pension payments circulate rapidly. The piece argues about $35,000,000 in quarterly pensions improving local trade and preventing panic by keeping money in the community. It urges buying at home to meet local obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
National Tribune
A.W. Blackburn
American National Bank
Fostoria
Blackburn
Shaw
The Farmers' Cause: Everett Outlines Equity Plan
J A Everett, president of the American Society of Equity, promotes a $100,000,000 farmers trust to regulate prices by building elevators, warehouses, and storage depots in market centers. Farmers would store produce and wait for consumer prices set by the organization, aiming to make farmers “the king” of the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Everett
American Society of Equity
Everett
Indianapolis
Society of Equity
Farmers and States Debate Fair Share of Profits and Aid
A speaker warns that withholding provisions could force world leaders to beg for food. The U S Congress considers a twenty million dollar national aid fund for road improvement. New York proposes a constitutional amendment to raise fifty million dollars over ten years for state aid, likely to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Brownlow
Tennessee
United States
New York
End the race of scrub generals with real titles
The piece urges newspapers to stop recognizing inflated military ranks and replace them with Mr. for those in civil life. It argues that distinguishing genuine titles from pretenders is nearly impossible and that plain Mr. should be the standard for good American citizens in all names.
Townsfolk urged to invest as Troy shows growing demand
The report notes rising demand and a gentle nudge toward investment in Troy as a sign of prosperity. It also reports five gubernatorial candidates entering the race, Secretary Wilson commenting on farm science progress, and the Highland Journal remark on courtship as an costly luxury with often limited satisfaction.
Dollar as the best talking machine ever invented
A reader notes that a dollar is the finest talking machine and can also serve as hush money, wielding influence in ways beyond mere currency.
Enterprising Citizen Seeks direct Town Improvement Path
The article praises proactive citizens who abandon slow reform and take action, urging hands-on effort to advance town betterment rather than rely on the old system. It highlights individual initiative as a catalyst for progress and public benefit.
If this is to be a hard winter the coal men will have a soft snap
The remark suggests a bitter winter ahead with coal prices and supply, yet miners may still enjoy easy terms or favorable conditions. It frames economic tension around energy costs and labor in a period of hardship.
Washington Letter Notes Post Office Indictments
Washington grand jury disbands after four months of Post Office scandal focus inditing thirteen former postal officials and associates. Indictments include Tyner Barret Beavers Machen Metcalf and others with trials set to begin in Washington court through winter into next summer amid broader department reforms and possible congressional probes. A separate incident reports an armed Dane lunatic seeking Roosevelt. he was subdued and placed in asylum. The piece also covers discussions on presidential protection statutes, Sherman statue ceremony plans, and Treasury currency actions under Secretary Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office
James N. Tyner
Harrison J. Barret
George W. Beavers
W. Scott Towers
James T. Metcalf
August W. Machen
Norman R. Metcalf
Harry C. Hallenbeck
New York
William D. Doremus
Green
Machen
Beavers
Post Office Department
Tyner
Edmund H. Driggs
Congress
New York State Senate
John T. Cupper
Lockhaven
Metcalf
Hedges
City Delivery
Miller and
Christiancy
Criminal Court
White House
Roosevelt
Loeb
Peter Elliot
Minneapolis
Secret Service
Treasury Department
William T. Sherman
National
Volunteer Army
Aztec Club
Society of the Cumberland
Armies of the Ohio
Tennessee
the Potomac
Schofield
Miles
Shaw
United States
Treasury of
Oyster Bay
Hay
Root
Hitchcock
Navy Department
Why Do You Tell That Child The Same Thing
An item notes Chamberlains Cough Remedy cures colds and grip and counters pneumonia risk, sold by S Kingston. It also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea for harmony in a deaf husband and blind wife, priced 35 cents, with home paper for home news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
Rocky Mountain
S. Kingston
Twenty Fifth Years Ago This Week In Troy
From The Weekly Bulletin dated October 17, 1878. Winston and Purviance dissolved. Emma Wood and Alice Hampton returned from Decatur. Dr T Hostetter of St Louis lectured on temperance at M E church. Congressman Wm R Morrison spoke on political issues. S Kingston moved drugs to former Ben Donoho Jr building. G M Searcy’s barn and granary four and one half miles east of Troy burned with heavy loss. Rev A T Norgen preached at Presbyterian Church with morning and evening topics on religious themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston & Purviance
Emma Wood
Alice Hampton
Decatur
T. Hostetter
St. Louis
M. E. Church
Wm. R. Morrison
Congress
Troy
S. Kingston
Ben Donoho, Jr
G. M. Searcy
A. T. Norgen
Alton
Presbyterian Church
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B. W.jarvis
Illnois
Wrekeg Call
Ilinois
Kinloch
Local Benefit OF Pensions
Farmers' Cause
Wilson
The
Highland Journal
Our
Columne
Washington, D. C
Chris Busse
A. Small
A. Heddergott
D. G. Jarvis, Cabhier
Troy Exchange Bank
W.F. Peter
Barber
Guarantaed Agere Tofante
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